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Storytelling with Data:

Infographics 101

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Learning Goals and Description

Description

This activity explores the elements of infographics and looks at how to effectively tell a data story using them.

It is a primer for basic digital literacy and includes a hands-on activity where teachers create an infographic in Keynote on their iPad.

Learning Goals

  • Define “infographic” and identify uses in your own subject area.
  • Discuss how the fundamentals of math are utilized in infographics.
  • Identify how to tell great stories with data to educate, inspire and impact.
  • Create an infographic using Keynote.

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NOTE: Please read the speaker notes as you go for further instructions. Click video to the right to learn how to turn speaker notes on in Google Slides.

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What are infographics?

  • A visual representation of data
  • A collection of imagery, charts, and minimal text that gives an easy-to-understand overview of a topic

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Example:

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Storytelling with data

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ACTIVITY:

WHAT’S THE STORY?

Brainstorming:

Click image to access link

  • What type of math fundamentals do students need to understand in order to read this text?
  • What story is the infographic telling?
    • How do you know?
  • What elements make this a good infographic?

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SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION:

  • What types of “data literacy” do students see in your classroom?
  • What types of data do students need to understand in the real world?
  • Does seeing data graphically make it easier to understand? For you? For students?

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https://padlet.com/sheri_kidd1/732pvppdw4kj

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Why data matters...

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WHY INFOGRAPHICS IN THE CLASSROOM?

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LET’S CREATE!

  1. Open the Camera app and hold your iPad so that the QR Code appears on the screen.
  2. Tap the notification to open the link in Drive.
  3. Once in Drive, click on the 3 dots in the top right hand corner of the screen.
  4. Select “Open in”
  5. Choose “Copy to Books”

*** You will be working in the Keynote App to create an infographic.***

(Note: if you do not have the Books or Keynote applications, download them from the catalog.)

OR click here to access the Book link

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TASK: INFOGRAPHICS IN

YOUR CURRICULUM

Take a look at your curriculum and locate where math/visualizing data fits into your subject.

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Handout: Curriculum Document Links

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After, create an infographic that a student might make in your class.

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Resources

Click image to access pdf book

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TYPES OF

INFOGRAPHICS

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Sources

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